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- ** EXAMPLE OF HOW TO USE CONTOURING AT 3:55 **
I will be teaching you what contouring is used for and how to use the guidelines drawn onto your front and back bodice. Contouring is a concept that's sometimes hard to understand so I'll try to break it down as easily as possible so that you can understand.
Contouring is used to remove excess fabric that can occur from certain adjustments, such as lowering a neckline or armhole, which then avoids gaping.
I do go through this video pretty quickly to avoid it being 1000 minutes long, so if there isn't anything you're clear about, please, don't hesitate to comment below for clarification.
To use contour guidelines, where your new adjusted pattern crosses the lines, cut away the sections between and then close, so that the lines of the circles touch.
Contouring is something that can be very useful when making pattern adjustments, I personally love it when make strapless garments as they fit around the bust much better.
Be open to experimenting with different lengths to see how the guidelines can better suit your body.
Examples of tutorials where I have used contouring:
• Pattern Drafting Tutor...
Basic bodice block tutorial
• Pattern Drafting for B...
** This video is best viewed in 1080p in fullscreen because of the thin lines of the pencil **
You can find all the materials you need to start drafting your own patterns at Minerva Crafts' website bit.ly/2xSmA5X. The majority of my supplies are from Minerva.
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I've been enjoying so many of your videos and I have to say, I am so impressed at how much you know about this, how young you are, and how long you've been sewing. And I'm so grateful that you've chosen to share this with us!
Thank you so much! You're words are so kind. I'm glad you're able to enjoy these videos, that's all I really want :) Have a great Christmas!
you are a pattern guru... am a beginner in pattern making and I tell you ur video has been of help. God bless you
Y’all are brutal, this was a great video! Thank you for taking the time to make this!
Thank you for this tutorial. You have completely demystified the concept of contouring. Please do a tutorial on pattern grading. would be most appreciated
Could you do a follow up video showing what the garment looks like on with the contouring vs with none. Also thank you so much these videos are amazing and I feel way more confident drafting my own patterns now, as opposed to tailoring the fabric on my body. this will save me so much time!!
Bonjour Elewa. Je viens juste de découvrir ce principe et je suis très contente de tomber sur ta vidéo qui montrent très bien comment mettre en pratique, le contouring. Thank you so much for this tutorial.
I do not speak English. I have not translated to let you appreciate how your tutorial impacts across borders. Merci Elewa.
I just started sewing(I'm teaching my self) and it's really amazing to see your tutorials and all.. Keep it up dear.. Much love
Thank you for your cheerful tutorial. True you - and many others- speak fast, but I found a solution which works for me . I first watch the clip to get the general drift. Then I replay and at crucial moments I stop it and make a screen shot (or if using a laptop I make a pict with my phone). That way I built my own tutorial "book".
Excellent, so easy to learn. Searched for a long time, as how much width of the darts. Thank you. Keep Rocking!
I never understood contouring until today.. thanks for teaching.
Please do more of these kind of videos please we are so many out there who struggles with fitting issues and fear because we feel we are failing. Thank you please 🙏
This video is great and super informative!
Just a question: would it be possible to make a contour block pattern with all the excess removed? Or would I have to do this each time I make a pattern with a contoured top?
Wow 👌 wow wow your videos blew my mind. If I do all this I really hope I will have the fit I want 🙏
Thank you much for this tutorial I found it extremely useful and it worked out perfectly xxx
That's amazing to hear! It always works out perfectly for me too. It's my favourite technique :)
Thanks for sharing this tutorial. Though you are so fast in teaching but it is better understood than the others.
You are very professional, I've seen only this video and I'm subscribed. 👍👍👍
wonderful, exactly what I was looking for, my question then is I am making a vest so I would like to not have the dart below the breast, can you show me how to fix the line at the bottom, I have done this many times but this is where I get "lost", I do not want to lose the length, just kind of confused by this, any help would be so appreciated, and thank you, needed to see this in "action"
thank you so much! Your videos are very helpful
Beautifully explained! But i have a question please, it seems you used Natalie bray pattern, did u tighten the shoulder dart before transferring to the bust? Or you just transferred the normal shoulder dart
Can we use waist contouring techinique in all dress designs like blouse too,ow do we have soecific designs to use contouring technique
I miss u elawa veryclear teaching
What is the measurement(length and width) of the very first dart (goes from waist to apex point)???
Is that same as the basic bodice?
Please respond it's urgent 🙏
Bravissima!!! Quanto vorrei capire la tua lingua💕
Love your videos! I really do.
Thank you for all the love and appreciation!! 😘
Very helpful video can u pls nake a video of countering for a one shoulder garment
Thank you for the tutorial. but do not get the bust radius very well. is it bust point to bust point measurement.
No, it's from your bust point to the bottom of your bust :)
Meaning under bust
Yes
Hello, I just found your videos. One question-with gaping armholes, can I make this adjustment on a bodice using princess seams? If so how, since it's in 2 pieces? Thank you.
Gee thanks gf just came from a lecture regarding contouring and had not 1 continental clue of what was happening, thanks for clarifying.
Haha, contouring isn't the easiest of concepts to understand. Glad to have helped!
Hi! Im trying to recreate this pattern for a busty and plus size figure. My sloper has the shoulder and waist dart. Do I close the shoulder dart, opening up the waist dart further, before applying contour lines? Or can I leave the shoulder dart as is? Thank you!
Hi China, It's best to open the waist dart further because you will need to draw in contour lines at the shoulder.
Elewa alrighty! Thank you!! ♥️♥️♥️
omg...this explains this so well. i never understood this technique in class. when you contoured the strapless bodice did you use all the contoured sections? thanks for this wonderful informing video.
I'm glad to have helped! Feel free to share the video around :)
No, I only used guidelines 4 and 6. My main focus was contouring around the busts.
thanks again
Please can I make a request? I'm really interested in the mermaid skirt construction. With the flare and everything. Thank you
What type? The one with the circular part attached at the bottom or the 4-gore type?
The bottom part of the evening /wedding gown type. Fitted to the knee then flare out, 4-6 piece skirt. Pls! Il take a private lesson even😛
That'll definitely be something I'll do in the future 😊
hi mam what do u consider for drawing the bust circumference
You are talented !!!! How did you learn all of this ?
Sholly lolly thank you. It took a lot of reading and research haha
Elewa what books would you suggest to read ?
The most obvious to recommend is Patternmaking for Fashion Design by Helen Joseph Armstrong. It's a great and detailed book!
And where did you get all your equipment from ?
I bought everything from Amazon
Can u please please pleaaase do a tutorial on grading?
Thanks a lot
good Idea
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
Thanku for how creat body patten
ma'am please make vedio on how to make school bag pattern
i liked your video, i have request pls use a marker to make it clear all the lines.thank u
Please use thick pen for clear view of video.
Wow😮
you are legendary
I really enjoy your tutorials but can you please slow down a bit in order for a better absorption of the knowledge you are sharing. Thanks.
very good
Thanks!
I wish you'd skip the (stressful) music on your tutorials, you speak so fast and the video is speeded up that I can't take in what you're saying making neither muting nor replaying an option. It's not criticism, it's a request because you are so knowledgeable and I would love to be able to learn what you are teaching. I know it's a "youtube" thing, to accompany one's videos with music but my point is that in real life we don't put on music in the classroom do we?
Sorry.
This is a criticism. There is an option to slow the video down as well as subtitles. Where there's a will...
Thanks
Good information, BUT I struggled to hear because of the background music. Please do not use music on videos unless you are showing us how to play and instrument.
Please put the written instructions for this video.
It would have been great to see you actually see that up and fit it in real life.
I have a tutorial coming out today that shows exactly that! Exciting stuff! Look out for it :)
I really want to learn, but the music is so distracting. I'll come back later and try again
hi Eli, for d beginners , you don't explain much when doing d basic beginners. .you say take measurements n join a to b then so , which is Greek to a beginner, so we are completely lost...also please talk at a slower speed..cheers
Hi Mona,
This is an advanced tutorial not suited for beginners. I suggest you get familiar with more basic things first, contouring will make more sense once you've done that. Thanks!
Sorry, my mistake..I'm so eager to sew n saw drafting for beginners n went for it..do you perhaps d drafting from scratch...would appreciate..thanks
I like u Elewa
Your knowledge is fantastic. However you are teaching "students" who are not familiar with this technique . It would be more beneficial and easier to follow if you would speak a lot slower without background music and not the double speed video. There is always room for improvement. Take your time to explain. Thank you very much for sharing.
CONTOORING WITH EXAMPLE--ELEWA
I tried to watch yr above video but without any success.
What you are speaking is audible. what you are drawing on the paper is not visible even a little because the pencil marking on the paper totally LACKS CONTRAST.
All that a viewer can see is a brown paper and some one is trying to draw some INVISIBLE LINES and that is it. And one cannot make anything out of it.
Vatsa India
I follow u I want to sew like u
Your drawing is too faint that makes your tutorial less interesting besides u are too fast
CONTORING...
SIR/MADAM TUTOR,
PLEASE WATCH UR VIDEO ON THE BEST MOBILE SCREEN BY YOUR SELF AND YRY TO SEE IF YOU SEE ANY LINES OR CIRCLES DRAWN BY YOU.
YOU YOURSELF AGREE THAT YOU DONT SEE ANY DRAWN LINES.
AND YOU AGREE THAT THAT IS WHETE YR ABOVE VIDEO FAILED FULLY.
HOWEVER THE WORDINGS DISPLAY IS AN EXCEPTION
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VATSA, I N D I A.
Music is louder than ur narration. And ur voice is rather slow so when we're trying to turn up volume we actually distracted by the loud music.
Que falta de respeto .la traduccion es una cargada .no se puede apreciar el trabajo de la persona .
Too fast speech.
hi Elewa. can i use contouring on a pattern that has a shoulder dart or an underarm dart?